Review of Berlin

Berlin (2023– )
6/10
Suspenseful but cheesey
23 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
The show Berlin is a prequel to the original series Money Heist. It started well and very promising, with suspense and drama, but as the show went on, the story became boring. Despite the beautiful cinematography of Paris, the repetitive dialogues and too much love story cliché made it look like a low-budget show. Besides these, the characters were so lucky, they were always not one step but 100 steps ahead of the police. And speaking of police, the French police and Europol were shown extremely dumb. They were searching a hotel for robbed jewels worth 44 million euros and they didn't even think about locking down the area around the hotel before entering?! And how could someone hack all the cameras and delete the recordings while she was on a high-speed boat in the middle of the river surrounded by mountains?! I think that this was insulting to the viewers' intelligence. As I said before, making prequels is much harder than sequels, but take a look at Better Call Saul for God's sake! The BCS totally overshadowed the original series, Breaking Bad. It had a strong story with some wisely selected drama and love that made you cry after the ending.
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